Massachusetts General Hospital
IgG4 may be ‘innocent bystander’ in IgG4 disease
DESTIN, Fla. — The role of IgG4 itself in IgG4 disease remains unclear, one of the many unexplained components of the condition, according to data presented at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.
Racial disparities in death due to COVID-19 persist among lung transplant recipients in US
Racial disparities in COVID-19 mortality persist in the U.S. among lung transplant recipients, according to data presented at the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions.
Endoscopy before age 50 years linked to reduced risk for colorectal cancer among women
Women who initiated endoscopy screening before age 50 years demonstrated a significantly reduced risk for colorectal cancer than women who did not undergo endoscopy, according to study results published in JAMA Oncology.
Infertility may predict HF risk in women
Women reporting a history of infertility had an almost 20% increased risk for developing HF during 15 years of follow-up, particularly HF with preserved ejection fraction, according to an analysis of Women’s Health Initiative data.
Oncologist to run his 30th Boston Marathon with vision of ‘curing all children with cancer’
Besides making sure each foot lands in front of the other, there isn’t much you can do during a 26.2-mile run other than let your mind wander.
Rilzabrutinib active, safe in immune thrombocytopenia
Rilzabrutinib induced rapid and durable clinical activity in previously treated patients with immune thrombocytopenia, according to results of a phase 1/phase 2 clinical trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Regular exercise yields greater CV benefit in adults with anxiety, depression
WASHINGTON — For adults with anxiety or depression, regular exercise had nearly double the CV benefit compared with those without these diagnoses, researchers reported at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.
The Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index with John Stone, MD, MPH
Glucocorticoids can do a lot of harm over time. In this episode, John Stone, MD, MPH, walks us through the Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index, a validated tool to measure steroid toxicity over time that we’ll be seeing more of in the future.
BLOG: Reflections on the COVID-19 pandemic
Last night, my husband and I did something we have not done in quite some time: We went out for dinner at our favorite sushi restaurant in Brookline, Massachusetts.
40% of new-onset diabetes during COVID-19 remitted at 1 year
Newly diagnosed diabetes was found in 4% of adults admitted to a U.S. hospital with COVID-19 early in the pandemic, and 40.6% of those patients returned to normoglycemia or prediabetes at 1 year, according to study data.